Make the Hologram
Stats
Time: 10 minutesCost: $0.30-$1Difficulty: Easy
Tools and Materials
Sheet of transparency paperPencil, pen, or markerRulerCompassScissorsSmartphone or tablet
Instructions
Instructions—Without a Template
No printer for the template? No problem!
More Optics Hacks
A smartphone can perform other optical tricks. Harvest a focus lens from a laser pointer, and attach it to the phone’s camera with some wire. The lens will magnify images to make a DIY microscope (full instructions here). Or stick a few pieces of clear tape over the flash, and color them with blue and purple Sharpie markers. This filter blocks out most visible light and leaves only the ultraviolet spectrum, turning the phone’s flashlight function into a blacklight (full instructions here). This article was originally published in the November 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Smartphone Hologram.”
